Chapter 10 Chapter 6 Traces

If it is really a virus, it will be troublesome! What is its route of transmission? Will all the people who have entered that building become virus carriers? I went in, could I have unknowingly contracted that virus? Like there are many times, I imagine that maybe life will be like a flower blooming in the sky.When I walked with my head down, except for the white boneless sunshine, this season is autumn without any color. An unknown poet said so, and it is said that his autumn was extremely gloomy.But this autumn, my life may not be much brighter. Before I had time to raise my doubts, Zhao Yunhan left in a hurry with an excuse.I took Zhou Chaofan to the mass grave more than 300 meters away from the building, feeling extremely irritable.

This mass grave is about 600 square meters, and there are countless graves and tombstones arranged in a mess in this huge space. Although it was still daytime, there were no people around, and the feeling of oppression was everywhere. Not far away, there were a few crows "croaking", their hoarse and rough voices piercing the eardrums "rustling".After looking at it casually, I was surprised to find that the tombstone here was actually blank, with no words engraved on it. Zhou Chaofan saw my doubts and explained: "Listen to my grandma, the entire Liutiao Town used to be a large cemetery. Due to the expansion of nearby cities, the living environment is extremely crowded, so people with conditions have settled in outskirts.

"Some builders saw business opportunities, so they raised funds to contract out this place and develop it aggressively. After many years, a small town has gradually formed here. "It is said that during the development, many dead bones were dug out of the foundation. The developer dug pits outside the town for burial in order to save money and trouble, and it became a mass grave in front of us. But the older generation often said, There will be retribution if you do that. The person who happened to make this suggestion, and many migrant workers who dug the pit, died violently after a few days. If you pass by, you will deliberately take a detour. Perhaps, there is really a curse in this mass grave!"

"You are very clear." I laughed a few times. Zhou Chaofan immediately looked like an ant on a hot pot, and he was so nervous that he stammered, "I, I just listened to my grandma. I..." Depressed, am I really that scary?How come when I look in the mirror, I feel handsome and amiable! This guy is in front of me, with a nervous look on his face all day long. If someone sees it, it's no wonder that they don't think I'm bullying him! Shaking my head slightly, I shook off the messy thoughts in my head, and I asked, "What do you think about the mark on your cousin's neck?"

"I've never seen anything like that before." Zhou Chaofan said worriedly, "It's not like scars, it's not like the traces left by abnormal blood circulation, and it's not like it was intentionally stained. It really makes people feel sick." I don't understand the situation, and..." He paused, as if he didn't know how to organize his vocabulary. "What did you think of?" I asked hastily. He stammered and described: "That mark is completely a very clear palm. As soon as my eyes touched it, I felt a chill for some reason, and I felt like I was afraid."

I was slightly surprised, and stared at him carefully again, as if I just met this person a second ago. The guy in front of him didn't seem as nervous as he appeared on the surface.Perhaps, his always timid character is just a protective umbrella to cover up his true personality. Part of his speech and logical thinking ability, as well as his knowledge, were exposed inadvertently just now. Zhou Chaofan, this person is not simple, he probably has more brains than most people! After struggling inside, I decided to tell what I found: "I have actually seen that trace." Zhou Chaofan was so surprised that his mouth grew wide, he even forgot to stutter, and asked anxiously, "Where is it?"

"Do you still remember the body of the resident who jumped off the building and died when we came here today?" I recalled with a frown: "There was exactly the same mark on that person's neck. At that time, I could see it clearly .” His eyes were wide open in disbelief. I ignored him, and my mind kept sorting out what happened today. The man who jumped off the building and Zhou Lei had the same marks on their necks, which meant that they had some kind of unclear connection. Although I don't know whether the man committed suicide because of the traces, but the traces themselves have many unsolved mysteries.

And the man who jumped from the building also has many doubts for me. What method can make the height of the second floor become the effect of falling from the 30th floor?Why was his body squeezed like a sphere, it seemed that every corner of his body was evenly squeezed by huge force. Also, Zhang Yu and Zhang Xiaoqiao in the newspaper clipping, what connection do they have with Zhou Lei? One is a prison guard, one is an ordinary office worker, and the other is a language teacher.There is no intersection between each other's lives at all, so why did Zhao Yunhan deliberately show me the newspaper clipping?

Among them, there must be many things that I don't know or understand. Taking a deep breath, I stretched and asked Zhou Chaofan, "Hey, do you like to play exciting games? For example, calling spirits or something!" "Shou Ling?" He obviously couldn't catch up with my thinking speed, and he repeated in a murmur. I didn't intend to consider his opinion at first, so I ordered irresponsibly: "Just tonight, let's have a spiritual meeting. The place is at this mass grave, and the time is set at around 9:30 in the evening. The number of people should not be less than six. Me, you and your cousin must participate, as for the other three, you can invite them as you please."

Seeing him at a loss, nodding and shaking his head, I laughed to myself. For some reason, she still cared about what Zhao Yunhan said when she left. She said that there must be something wrong with this mass grave, so can it be understood that this ghostly place is the root of everything that happened? Although there are still some things that need to be understood, a spiritual meeting is also necessary.Since you can guess where the root is, then think of ways to let the root show itself... It was still a long time before the evening, and I found time to go home and make a phone call. "Hi, I'm Yefeng." My cousin's tired voice came from the other side of the receiver.

"I'm your cousin." I smiled. There was silence on the phone, and then someone hung up the phone resolutely. Depend on!WTF!I was so angry that I kept pressing the redial button. After a while, my cousin picked up. "Xiao Ye, please forgive me, I don't know anything!" The guy's voice was pleading. I wondered: "I haven't said anything yet!" "But the meaning is clearly written in your voice." Cousin smiled wryly, "You definitely came to me because of a few weird things that happened in Wicker Town." "You know it very well. Sure enough, my cousin understands me best, I'm touched!" I made an artificially adoring tone. It seems that those things are really related, otherwise Ye Feng wouldn't be in such a difficult situation.What surprised me the most was that, judging from the vague words "weird" that came out of his mouth, it seemed that things were really unbelievable! Without hesitation, I turned out my hole cards, "Cousin, I want to see Zhang Yu, and the body of the man who jumped to death in Wicker Town this morning. And what your police investigated, about the three information about the event." "Impossible." My cousin refused very simply. "Don't be so absolute, okay?" I smiled brightly, "Cousin, it is said that you found me a sister-in-law recently?" "Yes... so what?" Ye Feng had a very bad premonition. "It is said that that sister-in-law is very quiet and traditional, and, moreover, so traditional to the point of being extreme?" "Xiao Ye, don't hurt me." A chill ran down Ye Feng's spine, "It's not easy for me to find a woman who is willing to marry me. After all, the police often live with their heads up, although the treatment is good. , but it’s hard to find a wife!” "Cousin, how could I possibly harm you?" I smiled more sinisterly, "In order to improve your quality of life after marriage and let my sister-in-law know you better and love you more, I want to show her some photos!" Ye Feng shuddered, "Could it be those pictures?" "It happened to be those few pictures." "Bastard, she is such a traditional woman, she will definitely dump me!" My cousin roared nervously. "So, it depends on my mood." I said slowly: "If I'm in a good mood, maybe I'll burn those photos as waste paper. If I'm in a bad mood, hehe, you should know Bar." "Hmph, you are amazing. How do you feel good?" "It's very simple, let me see their bodies and documents." Gritting his teeth tightly, Ye Feng said angrily, "Devil! Okay, you go to the police station in Liutiao Town right now. If you want to see, I'll let you see enough!" To be honest, I have seen corpses many times, and even dissected them myself, but the two corpses this time are really special. Generally speaking, the muscles of the corpse after death will show a phenomenon of relaxation to stiffness, or even spasm to complete relaxation. And others, there are leathery skin, corneal opacity, and the lower parts at the beginning of death will appear corpse spots, cold corpses, and self-digestion, etc. As for muscle relaxation, it is worth mentioning that when the sphincter is relaxed, saliva, nasal mucus, tears, urine, semen, etc. may all spill out, that is to say, it is very dirty to die. And if you were in a state of nervous excitement before death, you will experience partial or even whole-body muscle spasms after death, that is to say, you will not be able to close your eyes, your facial muscles will contract and your expression will be terrifying, and your limbs will be tense. . As for corpse spots, it is more detrimental to the appearance after death.Generally speaking, if you die with your face lying on your back, the corpse spot is only on your back, but if you move around because of pain and die on your stomach before you die, then the consequences can be imagined, even uglier! And if you secretly hide to die, then the body will swell and stink due to the digestive enzymes in the body and the corruption of intestinal bacteria. The corpse will swell, rot, and change color, and the gas formed by the intestinal rot will push the contents of the digestive tract out of the body, making it dirty, smelly and ugly, disgusting and scary! "Zhang Yu shot himself. At the left temple, there is a deep blood hole. You can see burnt marks around it." The forensic doctor stood beside me and explained while turning over the corpse. As for his cousin Yefeng, his expression was gloomy, as if he was still angry. "As for the corpse of Mr. Xu Shunhong sent today, the time of his death was around ten o'clock last night." The forensic doctor continued: "The real cause of death was not the impact on the brain when he jumped off the building, but the damage to the aorta in the neck. until it was cut, and he bled to death." "Cervical artery?" I frowned slightly. "The carotid artery is in the deep tissue. People who want to commit suicide in this way must have rich anatomical knowledge and good pain tolerance. After all, people can still stay awake when they lose one-third of their blood. So this Suicide method is a very painful, troublesome, messy and long process. "Moreover, the aorta of the limbs can quickly contract to stop bleeding within ten minutes. That is to say, ordinary people can survive even if a limb is cut off. Therefore, the difficulty of death is even more difficult. People who lose too much blood Before death, there will be muscle ischemic spasm, and the process of forced contraction to relaxation and then contraction will increase the pain of death. Perhaps it is for this reason that he chooses to cut his own carotid artery to make himself die faster , but it's even more strange this way!" The medical examiner gave me a surprised look. My cousin smiled dryly and patted him on the shoulder, "Lao Liu, this is not the first time you have seen him. My little cousin is a ghost, with a high IQ and profound knowledge, but his personality is too bad. play hard." "Can you take this as a compliment?" I smiled wryly. "Whatever you want!" Ye Feng snorted, as expected he was still mad at me for threatening him. I ignored it, just looked at Xu Shunhong's body and said, "Brother Liu, do you think a man would still have the strength to jump off the stairs after cutting off his arteries? Also, did he really want to commit suicide?" "He has the motive of suicide." Cousin pouted, "We found the breakup letter he wrote to his fiancée in a public mailbox near him. In other words, it means that he has lost love. A man who has lost love , anything is possible.” I snorted and retorted: "You also said that the letter was written by him himself, which means that the breakup was the result of his deliberation. Since you can propose to break up with your fiancée who is about to enter the wedding hall , it means that he feels that the other party is not suitable for his life. This can also prove that even if he is not an optimistic and sober person, he is still a person who wants to strive for the quality of life. It is difficult for such a person to think of suicide, let alone , is to adopt such a radical method of suicide.” My cousin was at a loss for words for a while, and after thinking for a while, he asked hesitantly: "You mean, there are doubts about Xu Shunhong's suicide case, maybe it was homicide?" "It's not that there are doubts, but there are many doubts." I licked my dry lips, "Brother Liu, you should also find it very strange. Xu Shunhong's body definitely doesn't look like he fell from the second floor." "That's right." The forensic doctor showed a puzzled expression, nodded and said, "Many bones in the corpse were squeezed into the abdominal cavity, and the skull was even shattered in half. Moreover, the entire water chestnut part of the corpse showed signs of being squeezed, it is difficult to Determine the part where the collision occurred first. Moreover, even if one side can cause such a situation, it must be at least at a height of more than 30 floors." "Is it possible that the body was moved?" I asked. The forensic doctor shook his head, "Several forensic doctors and I have visited the scene, and it is definitely the first scene, that's for sure." Things are really strange, at least the situation in front of me has already surpassed the scope of common sense. "That's right." The forensic doctor seemed to remember something, and lifted the white sheets from the two corpses of Zhang Yu and Xu Shunhong, "There are some strange marks on the two corpses, which don't look like corpse spots. Moreover, recently Grow more." I took a closer look, and stood there abruptly. On the corpses of Zhang Yu and Xu Shunhong, dark red marks appeared all over the ground, like a clearly shaped palm pinching along the neck. Those unknown traces, disgusting like worms, make people feel chills, and inexplicable fear arises spontaneously... What are these things? ! Faintly, my heart is beating fast with excitement, and I seem to have found the connection between the three of them. Do these traces represent a certain meaning?Is it a curse, or is it mixed with some factors that I don't know yet?There is a problem, there is definitely a problem. Moreover, did Zhao Yunhan know about this connection long ago, so he showed me the newspaper clippings of Zhang Xiaoqiao and Zhang Yu, and deliberately asked Zhou Chaofan to arouse my curiosity to meet his cousin Zhou Lei? In this matter, what kind of role does that mysterious girl play? "Cousin?" I called out with a serious expression. Ye Feng, who was carefully looking at the two strange corpses, was so frightened that he put his feet together and raised his hands as a military salute. "Libi, thank you!" I joked that no one would laugh, and said in a low voice: "Is there any way for me to visit the city mental hospital for an interview, I want to see Zhang Xiaoqiao." "What are you looking at her for? Isn't she crazy? According to the doctor, she is very aggressive now, be careful when she scratches your cute little face. In the past few days, several nurses who took care of her have been disfigured. " Ye Feng frowned. Without blinking, I looked at the strange traces crawling on the corpse in front of me, and slowly said: "If as expected, the next one to commit suicide will probably be her..." Zhang Yu, male, 24 years old.Originally from Xuequan Town, graduated from the police academy in April this year, was officially assigned to Liutiao Town Prison 27 days ago, and rented at No. 6-13, Wanfu Road. His family members are normal, he has no criminal history, no history of mental illness, he is cautious, conscientious and dedicated to his work.People around him commented that he was not bold, and he often didn't dare to look at the prisoner directly when he was on patrol. On the night of the thirteenth, he shot and killed a prisoner and two prison guards who came to observe the situation. The prisoner's name is Gao Mouqiu, forty-seven years old, from Liutiao Town.Jailed for three years, convicted of three counts of rape and one count of indecent assault.According to the investigation, the two did not know each other, nor did they have any enmity, and the motive for the murder is still unclear. The two prison guards are Xiao Du (male, 34 years old) and Bai Xiangdong (male, 37 years old). The motive for the killing may be that after being discovered, they caused panic, manslaughter or intentional silence. All three of the deceased were shot in the middle of the head and forehead and died instantly.It can be inferred from this that there is a greater tendency to deliberately silence. At noon on the 24th, the criminal police team found his home. Zhang Yu was already lying on the bed and shot himself. Zhang Xiaoqiao, female, 26 years old... once worked in a large company, with normal family members, no criminal history, no history of mental illness.Two months ago, I left my job due to emotional reasons... Twenty-three days ago, I came to live in Liutiao Town, rented at No. 6-21, Wanfu Road, and found a job as a clerk in a company on South Street. On the South Street flyover on the morning of the 15th, she suddenly lost her mind and killed three people with a box knife and injured five others.The deceased Qi Wennong (29 years old) was her colleague.The other two are Li Hui (male, 49 years old) and Peng Meili (female, 51 years old).Both of them were passing by, and the possibility of deliberate murder was preliminarily ruled out. Xu Shunhong, male, 27 years old.Originally from Wicker Town, the son of a famous wealthy merchant.Family members are normal, no criminal history, no history of mental illness.Girlfriend Huang Siyi, 24 years old.The two were originally scheduled to hold a wedding on the 30th of next month, but they quarreled because of the house. Xu Shunhong left home 24 days ago. On the same day, he lived in No. 25, Wanfu Road 6. On the 20th, he was found dead at the bottom of No. 6 Wanfu Road. Jump off the building after too much.There was no abnormality in the room, and it was preliminarily determined to be a suicide. Sitting in the car, I lowered my head and read the reports of the three in silence. I rubbed my sore eyes and took a breath, "The three of them live in the same place, cousin, don't you find it strange?" No. 6 Wanfu Road, which is the building where Zhou Chaofan's cousin Zhou Lei lives, is also a place that locals call Yinlou and fear it very much. Unexpectedly, those four people lived in the same building. This discovery alone was enough to make me excited! "You don't believe what the locals say, there are some superstitious thoughts about curses in that yin building, do you?" Ye Feng snorted, "I also checked that building, but I couldn't find any doubts. All I know is that it was built eleven years ago. Due to the economic downturn at that time, the developer's funds could not be put in place, and the project was intermittent. It took more than two years to repair it. In fact, despite the rumors of the local people, the building For more than eight years, more than one hundred households have lived in the building, and there have been no major problems." I frowned, "But what's happening now can't be explained by mere coincidence. Of the several families living in the same building, two murdered for no reason, and one committed suicide for no reason. And died The corpses of all the people without exception have weird traces, what is the probability that such a coincidence can occur?" I lowered my head and thought for a while, and I added: "There is also Zhou Lei, who is also a resident of that building. He has nightmares every day. And there are also palm-shaped marks on his neck. Is this a coincidence? " My cousin glared at me, as if trying to sort out his thoughts.Soon, he slapped his knee suddenly and said loudly: "Oops! Could it be an infectious disease? It seems that the Health Bureau should be notified immediately and the entire building should be sealed off." I had an epiphany.right!It could also be some unknown infectious virus. If that virus can invade the brain and cause hallucinations, it can explain why the residents in that building would kill, commit suicide or have nightmares without warning.It can also explain why there are some weird and inexplicable marks on their bodies. If it is really a virus, it will be troublesome! What is its route of transmission?Will all the people who have entered that building become virus carriers?I went in, could I have unknowingly contracted that virus? Suddenly, I felt a chill, and my brain began to think wildly.I can't deny that I was really scared. Cousin Yefeng's cell phone rang, and as soon as he answered it, he was so surprised that he broke out in a cold sweat. "Xiao Zhang, stop the car, let's go back to Wicker Town immediately." He stretched out his hand weakly and patted the driver's seat. "What's wrong?" I looked up and asked. The cousin smiled wryly, "Zhang Xiaoqiao was just discovered and died in a mental hospital!" "What are you talking about!" I almost sat up in shock, "Didn't the newspaper say that she has violent tendencies? Mental patients with violent tendencies are usually locked in rooms with soft foam on the walls. The limbs will also be restricted by special clothes. It is impossible for her to have the ability to commit suicide. How did that woman die?" "It's suffocation." The cousin's smile became even more bitter. asphyxia?How to suffocate?Could it be that she held her breath and suffocated herself to death? Even if she wanted to, it was physically impossible for her to allow it. If the lungs are hypoxic to a certain extent, they will force themselves to breathe, which is an unconditioned reflex.Then how did this crazy Zhang Xiaoqiao die due to suffocation? Suddenly, I felt that everything was going in a very bad direction.Things are really getting weirder and weirder!